Act 1 vocab

Question 1

Augment

Answer 1

(A)-Add more- “With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew.”

Question 2

Boisterous

Answer 2

Rowdy or wild “It is too rough, too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.”

Question 3

Valiant

Answer 3

Brave and Courageous “The valiant Tybalt, with his sword prepared.”

Question 4

Pernicious

Answer 4

(poisonous) Very destructive or harmful in a sneaky or lasting way“That quench the fire of your pernicious rage.”

Question 5

Posterity

Answer 5

people after you-future generations

Question 6

Profane

Answer 6

to show something sacred with disrespect “If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine…” meaning he disrespected her holiness by touching her hand

Question 7

Choler

Answer 7

Anger and irritability and rage in temper “I mean, an we be in choler, we’ll draw.” meaning they’ll fight if they start beef

Question 8

Virtuous

Answer 8

having excellent morals; righteous “Verona brags of him to be a virtuous and well-govern’d youth.” meaning Capulet was talking of how Romeo was known to be a good kid

Question 9

Prodigious

Answer 9

unnatural, enormous, and tragic “Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy.” Juliet says this after finding out Romeo is a Montague